man, he would probably need to have a huge "guarantee", money to appear. Plus, for him, it would be like William Shatner going to a Star Trek convention. One could only guess the number of bike frames he had built for him over the years, plus the minor changes and adjustments over the years. "do you remember if the stem on your hour bike was 12.2 or 12.5?" You also have to remember it was 35+ years ago, and most of us cannot remember details of our live's back then, and we were not the most popular bike racer of our day, and one of the most prolific. Not saying that we CRers are like Trekkies, but we do concern ourselves with minutia that others would compare to discussions on Ion drive and Bones' real name. Not too far off of stem lengths and his inseam! last post of the day, for real.
Joel ralph flood philadelphia, PA
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:02 AM, EPL <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Does anyone have the specs for Eddy Merckx himself: height, inseam, arms, etc.?
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> I am curious to see how his body measurements during his racing career (he's probably a little shorter now) were translated into his frame size dimensions, and to assess how these jive with various frame fit theories.
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> Also, why not invite Merckx to Cirque next year? Sure to gaurantee great attendance, and maybe he can offer autographed frames for sale? Surely then we can get the story on his various bikes etc.
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> ;-)
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> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal, Quebec
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